FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 16 February 2012

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

ISOLATED POST

After unloading from several UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, U.S. soldiers make their way to Village Stability Platform Chenar, an isolated post in the Khakrez district, Afghanistan, Jan. 16, 2012. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team, and 2nd Infantry Division's 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Spc. April York

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A MEDAL AT 95

Retired Navy Chief Petty Officer Carl E. Clark, 95, offers remarks after Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, behind Clark, presented him with the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with a Combat Distinguishing Device in Mountain View, Calif., Jan. 17, 2012. Mabus presented the medal to Clark for his actions during World War II. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Sam Shavers

FOR ACTIONS IN WORLD WAR II

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus prepares to pin the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with a Combat Distinguishing Device on the chest of retired Navy Chief Petty Officer Carl E. Clark in Mountain View, Calif., Jan. 17, 2012. Mabus presented the medal to the 95-year-old Clark for his actions during World War II. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Sam Shavers

KANDAHAR REST

U.S. soldiers lean against a mud wall during a break from combat operations in Kandahar province's southern Spin Boldak district in Afghanistan, Jan. 9, 2012. The soldiers are assigned to the 504th Battlefield Brigade's 38th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Squadron. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Crystal Davis

DUST OFF

Soldiers participate in wartime operation exercises on Florence Military Reservation in Arizona, Jan. 7, 2012. The soldiers are assigned to Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment. The unit conducted air assault raids as part of their mission to support the battalion's objective to deploy and fight on the battlefield as a light infantry battalion. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Celia Prince

TIGHT SPACE

An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter delivers supplies as the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill pulls next to the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainier and the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson during a replenishment in the Arabian Sea, Jan. 13, 2012. The Seahawk crew is assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 8. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are under way on a western Pacific deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Dean M. Cates

FATHER, SON SERVE IN AFGHANISTAN

Army 1st Sgt. Walter Josephs Jr., a field artillery instructor, and Air Force Airman 1st Class Walter Josephs Jr., a 451st Air Expeditionary Wing services journeyman, visit at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 6, 2012. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Heather Skinkle

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OPERATING ROOM

U.S. Navy Lt. Jacob Pletcher induces general anesthesia on a patient about to undergo surgery in the operating room of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean, Jan. 17, 2012. The Lincoln is in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility as part of a deployment to the western Pacific and Indian oceans. U.S. Navy photo by Capt. Jaime A. Quejada

CHARTING A COURSE

U.S. Navy Seaman Roosevelt Feazell charts a course from the bridge of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility as part of a deployment to the western Pacific and Indian Ocean. The carrier is en route to support coalition efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Master Chief Petty Officer Adam Randolph

LAST TRANSPORT

U.S. Marines unload from an MV-22B Osprey in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 17, 2012. The Marines are assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. This was the last mission during Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162's six-month deployment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Justin Boling

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[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.

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God Bless Our Republic

Prayers going up

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Night Owl!

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Remembering Our Heroes! ~

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Knocked Off Your Feet?
February 16, 2012

Because I’ve written many articles and a book about dealing with life’s losses, I have the privilege of being introduced to a number of fellow strugglers along life’s journey. One of my new friends is a mom whose 21-year-old daughter died suddenly in 2009, which sent her reeling. She told me, “I feel like an outcast from the normal world. I feel crushed and my soul is in so much pain.”

Indeed the losses that visit us can knock us off our feet—whether a death in the family, a child who walks away from God and family, or a physical or mental setback.

Yet what I’ve discovered is something musician Jeremy Camp made clear in a song he wrote after the death of his wife in 2001: When you are knocked off your feet by life’s difficulties, remember that “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble” (Ps. 46:1). That’s reason enough to get back up again. Camp described his struggle in the song called “Understand.” He asked, “Why don’t I get back on my feet again?” And he recognized that he could because “I know You understand it all.”

When trouble knocks us down, we can look up. God is there. He understands and cares. It’s not easy, but we can trust Him to help us get back on our feet again.

Lift up your eyes, despairing one,
The Lord your help will be;
You have a friend in heaven who cheers,
And calms the troubled sea. —Anon.

There is no place where earth’s sorrows
are felt more than in heaven.

Read: Psalm 116:1-6

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. —Psalm 46:1

Bible in a year:
Deuteronomy 1-3

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[SkyDancer]

This Is So Totally Wrong!

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. - An Ormond Beach woman was arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of stealing $4,000 from her son -- a U.S. Marine -- while he was deployed in Afghanistan.

Paula Barker, 43, was arrested on charges of fraudulent use of personal identification information.

According to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office, Chadwick Barker, who was deployed for more than six months, discovered upon his return home in September that thousands of dollars had been taken from his bank account.

Deputies said Chadwick Barker suspected his mother of stealing his money, and an investigation was launched.

He told a Volusia deputy that he believed his mother had obtained his account information before he had deployed and used it while he was gone.

Deputies said Paula Barker used the money to buy an airplane ticket and send cash to herself through Western Union.

Deputies said she denied knowing about the charges made to her son's bank account, but a judge signed a warrant and she was arrested at her home

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Nana Hope, for today's Pledge…((HUGS)). Thanks, AfghanMan and Penguin Girl, for your service to America.

[SkyDancer]

Hi Taz!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Families, for your service to our country.

Thanks, unique, for the perfect woohoo.

John Conlee ~ They Also Serve

[SkyDancer]

Hi All! Greetings From Oz!

Bush Hot Tub!

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Aloha, Hawaii...((HUGS))...how are your brake lines? All new?

Still hovering around freezing here.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul. ((HUGS))

[AZamericonnie]

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[The Mayor]

Thank you my FRiend!

[Kathy in Alaska]

G’Day, janey...((HUGS))...so totally wrong for sure.

Stealing is so wrong, from your own is worse, but from your son serving his country...I hope she ends up in jail.

[AZamericonnie]

Good evening Kathy & thank you for this eveings thread! *Hugs*

Your normal crazy Wednesday?:)

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha again Night Owl! ((HUGS))

Well the one that busted is fixed....we only finished half an hour ago. the rest we'll take care of when we have more time.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hey Taz...look what SkyDancer found for you.

Cute lil devils...

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))